Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted Accommodation Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 452 17,538 14,431 3,107 17,013 14,358 2,655 December -443 15,711 13,160 2,551 17,980 14,986 2,994 1993 March -36 16,478 13,911 2,567 17,215 14,612 2,603 June 253 17,604 14,517 3,087 16,819 13,985 2,834 September 459 17,896 14,869 3,027 17,023 14,455 2,568 December -153 16,800 13,972 2,828 18,162 15,181 2,981 1994 March 146 17,228 14,511 2,717 17,524 14,953 2,571 June 286 18,007 14,836 3,171 17,157 14,272 2,885 September 497 17,959 14,934 3,025 17,797 15,269 2,528 December -483 17,112 14,554 2,558 18,680 15,639 3,041 1995 March 242 17,995 15,202 2,793 17,897 15,346 2,551 June 337 18,461 15,254 3,207 18,031 15,161 2,870 September 408 18,666 15,574 3,092 18,530 15,846 2,684 December -362 18,002 15,260 2,742 18,987 15,883 3,104 1996 March 260 18,427 15,431 2,996 18,304 15,568 2,736 June 422 18,556 15,274 3,282 18,671 15,811 2,860 September 297 18,262 15,074 3,188 19,651 16,760 2,891 December 11 18,660 15,516 3,144 19,276 16,143 3,133 1997 March 291 19,235 16,203 3,032 18,256 15,515 2,741 June 369 19,036 15,779 3,257 19,149 16,261 2,888 September 167 19,051 15,847 3,204 20,006 16,969 3,037 December 63 19,173 15,934 3,239 19,655 16,479 3,176 1998 March 233 19,020 15,553 3,467 19,738 16,504 3,234 June 265 19,641 16,193 3,448 19,426 16,243 3,183 September 229 19,801 16,267 3,534 20,351 17,046 3,305 December 22 19,855 16,759 3,096 19,949 16,875 3,074 1999 March 170 19,074 15,966 3,108 20,401 17,463 2,938 June 296 19,500 16,297 3,203 20,063 17,156 2,907 September 347 19,953 16,652 3,301 20,481 17,527 2,954 December 63 20,631 17,579 3,052 19,872 16,883 2,989 2000 March 611 20,145 16,658 3,487 20,541 17,665 2,876 June 209 20,152 17,065 3,087 20,256 17,378 2,878 September 165 19,821 16,606 3,215 21,168 18,118 3,050 December 107 19,550 16,417 3,133 21,043 18,017 3,026 2001 March 353 20,503 17,192 3,311 20,644 17,686 2,958 June -571 19,284 16,313 2,971 22,833 19,291 3,542 September 266 18,520 15,496 3,024 21,907 19,149 2,758 December 156 16,206 13,254 2,952 22,707 19,911 2,796 2002 March 82 20,706 17,727 2,979 20,218 17,321 2,897 June 87 20,272 17,319 2,953 20,485 17,619 2,866 September 22 19,613 16,710 2,903 21,393 18,512 2,881 December 128 19,297 16,395 2,902 21,125 18,351 2,774 2003 March -191 19,005 16,276 2,729 22,090 19,170 2,920 June -9 19,199 16,397 2,802 22,351 19,540 2,811 September 118 20,388 17,561 2,827 20,250 17,541 2,709 December 121 20,299 17,500 2,799 20,504 17,826 2,678 2004 March -180 19,715 16,979 2,736 21,245 18,329 2,916 June 12 20,040 17,210 2,830 21,072 18,254 2,818 September -283 20,237 17,415 2,822 21,101 17,996 3,105 December 303 21,045 18,016 3,029 20,365 17,639 2,726 2005 March -229 19,922 17,043 2,879 21,481 18,373 3,108 June -162 20,012 17,202 2,810 21,291 18,319 2,972 September 33 20,915 17,900 3,015 20,780 17,798 2,982 December 455 20,806 17,746 3,060 20,630 18,025 2,605 2006 March -24 21,103 18,165 2,938 20,813 17,851 2,962 June -427 20,302 17,612 2,690 21,713 18,596 3,117 September -202 20,062 17,234 2,828 21,564 18,534 3,030 December 523 21,395 18,332 3,063 20,339 17,799 2,540 2007 March 1 20,871 18,038 2,833 21,436 18,604 2,832 June -128 20,342 17,618 2,724 21,939 19,087 2,852 September 48 20,652 17,740 2,912 21,428 18,564 2,864 December 675 21,860 18,739 3,121 20,820 18,374 2,446 2008 March 65 20,537 17,675 2,862 22,317 19,520 2,797 June -163 19,923 17,304 2,619 23,581 20,799 2,782 September 119 19,642 16,725 2,917 22,689 19,891 2,798 December 289 19,300 16,363 2,937 22,715 20,067 2,648 2009 March -132 16,330 13,599 2,731 26,795 23,932 2,863 June 138 18,786 16,119 2,667 25,034 22,505 2,529 September -77 19,425 16,855 2,570 21,614 18,967 2,647 December 222 19,035 16,366 2,669 22,003 19,556 2,447 2010 March -228 18,911 16,399 2,512 23,197 20,457 2,740 June 80 20,835 18,342 2,493 20,468 18,055 2,413 September -18 21,227 18,770 2,457 20,221 17,746 2,475 December 209 20,911 18,305 2,606 21,038 18,641 2,397 2011 March -231 20,252 17,813 2,439 21,823 19,153 2,670 June 156 20,947 18,408 2,539 20,441 18,058 2,383 September 169 21,717 19,123 2,594 20,346 17,921 2,425 December -9 20,124 17,561 2,563 21,614 19,042 2,572 2012 March 269 21,694 18,937 2,757 20,782 18,294 2,488 June 98 21,359 18,873 2,486 20,719 18,331 2,388 September -88 20,932 18,507 2,425 21,272 18,759 2,513 December 173 20,896 18,357 2,539 21,403 19,037 2,366 2013 March 155 21,640 18,953 2,687 21,413 18,881 2,532 June 124 21,432 18,927 2,505 21,678 19,297 2,381 September -65 20,945 18,612 2,333 21,646 19,248 2,398 December 128 21,495 18,899 2,596 21,685 19,217 2,468 2014 March 0 21,730 19,250 2,480 21,649 19,169 2,480 June -70 21,721 19,265 2,456 21,871 19,345 2,526 September -205 21,129 18,908 2,221 21,862 19,436 2,426 December -51 21,759 19,376 2,383 21,610 19,176 2,434 2015 March 328 21,893 19,228 2,665 21,900 19,563 2,337 June 15 21,640 19,252 2,388 22,589 20,216 2,373 September -114 21,890 19,595 2,295 21,701 19,292 2,409 December 289 22,485 19,810 2,675 22,256 19,870 2,386 2016 March 64 21,760 19,163 2,597 23,121 20,588 2,533 June 36 21,751 19,332 2,419 23,179 20,796 2,383 September -84 22,140 19,730 2,410 22,386 19,892 2,494 December 220 22,200 19,572 2,628 22,608 20,200 2,408 2017 March 491 23,608 20,759 2,849 22,435 20,077 2,358 June -182 22,204 19,803 2,401 23,498 20,915 2,583 September -196 21,204 18,750 2,454 24,049 21,399 2,650 December 152 23,291 20,676 2,615 22,805 20,342 2,463 2018 March 572 23,377 20,581 2,796 22,956 20,732 2,224 June -26 22,362 20,023 2,339 24,304 21,939 2,365 September -430 21,523 19,278 2,245 24,255 21,580 2,675 December 314 23,794 21,124 2,670 22,921 20,565 2,356 2019 March 487 23,928 20,998 2,930 23,697 21,254 2,443 June -97 22,382 19,942 2,440 25,011 22,474 2,537 September -253 22,011 19,668 2,343 24,370 21,774 2,596 December 470 24,307 21,351 2,956 23,046 20,560 2,486 2020 March 5 20,690 17,821 2,869 27,989 25,125 2,864 June -2,682 10,147 7,954 2,193 60,023 55,148 4,875 September 314 31,665 28,019 3,646 18,358 15,026 3,332 December 1,112 26,107 22,572 3,535 21,465 19,042 2,423 2021 March 912 25,846 22,371 3,475 21,719 19,156 2,563 June -351 25,810 23,209 2,601 19,758 16,806 2,952 September -237 29,257 26,088 3,169 20,393 16,987 3,406 December 1,317 30,434 26,601 3,833 20,632 18,116 2,516 2022 March 105 25,400 22,167 3,233 23,407 20,279 3,128 June -1,829 23,644 21,104 2,540 24,312 19,943 4,369 September -866 25,295 22,474 2,821 22,644 18,957 3,687 December 811 26,670 23,250 3,420 22,131 19,522 2,609 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.